Small businesses have told the competition watchdog that the legal services market is not serving them properly. Maybe they should mediate! We have set up a service with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to assist members to deal with disputes in a cost...

A recent report from Citizens Advice Bureau about litigants in person in the family Courts amounts to a vote of no confidence in the Court system, but they need more information about alternative dispute resolution. The report reveals that going to court without a...

Businesses can reduce their legal spend by mediating instead of litigating and including mediation dispute resolution clauses in their contracts. The savings for businesses can be large. Instead of paying lawyers’ fees and Court costs, a mediation can be...

There is perhaps nothing more unedifying to witness than two parents battling over residence of their children. This has been demonstrated in the case of Madonna and her ex husband Guy Ritchie. The Court when giving judgment hammered this home when it said that: For...

This case demonstrates the perils that await litigants who fail to make part 36 offers or to mediate cases before costs increase to a level that makes settlement next to impossible. In this case the Court awarded Mr Burrell the princely sum of £5,000. However, as a...